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If you need evidence that our outwardly peaceful little neck of the solar system is actually a dangerous place, look no further than the 40 newly launched Starlink satellites that …read more Continue reading Hackaday Links: February 13, 2022
For as simple as it appears now, Space Invaders was one machine from the Golden Age of video games that always seemed to have a long line waiting for a …read more Continue reading Arduino and an OLED Make This Space Invaders Cabinet Tiny
Sometimes, it’s really useful to watch a project’s parts come together one piece at a time in order to get a complete understanding and mental picture of the whole, and …read more Continue reading Simple MicroPython Game is a 30 Minute Game Dev Course
Only the fittest attackers survive in this simple shooting game. Continue reading Space Invaders But the Invaders Evolve Like Bacteria
It must be everyone’s birthday today because [Ken Shirriff] has come out with a gift for us. He’s done another pass at reverse engineering the 76477 Space Invaders sound chip from the 1970s and found it’s full of integrated injection logic (I2L), making it a double treat: we get to explore the more of this chip which made sounds for so many of our favorite games, and we explore a type of logic which was to be the successor to TTL until CMOS came along.
This article has a similar shape to his last one, first introducing I …read more
Continue reading Space Invaders Sound Chip Went Old School With I2L
Around here, a new blog post from [Ken Shirriff] is almost as exciting as a new Star Trek movie. This time, [Ken] tears apart a 76477 sound effects chip. This chip was state-of-the-art in 1978 and used in Space Invaders, along with plenty of other pinball machines and games.
[Ken] started out with a die photo from [Sean Riddle] and mapped its functions. Unlike a modern sound chip, this one created sounds based on networks of attached resistors and capacitors. Even if you aren’t interested in the chip, per se, [Ken] explains how the die implements active and passive …read more
Continue reading Reverse Engineering Space Invaders Sound Chip
YouTuber SethBling unveils his latest and craziest ‘Minecraft’ creation yet. Continue reading Someone Built an Atari 2600 Inside ‘Minecraft’
We’ve seen a proliferation of real-life video game builds lately, but this one is a jaw-dropper! [Tomer Daniel] and his crew of twelve hackers, welders, and coders built a Space Invaders game for GeekCon 2016.
[Tomer] et al spent more time on the project than the writeup, so you’re going to have to content yourselves with the video, embedded below, and a raft of photos that they sent us.
[Tomer]’s company makes software for coordinating UAV fleets, so it’s not a coincidence that he would have eight DJI Phantom’s onhand and the ability drive them. The team put together RGB …read more
Continue reading Real-Life Space Invaders with Drones and Lasers
The Golden Age of the video arcade has come and gone, but one brave owner is bucking the digital trend. Continue reading Here’s How An Old School Arcade Survives in the 21st Century